Fredrick Nafukho named UW Vice Provost for the Office of Academic Personnel
University of Washington Provost Mark Richards announced the appointment of Fredrick Muyia Nafukho as the new Vice Provost for the Office of Academic Personnel beginning Feb. 1, pending approval by the Board of Regents. Nafukho also will hold a tenured faculty position in the Department of Management and Organization in the Foster School of Business.
Leadership profile
The University of Washington (UW), one of the world’s preeminent public universities, is seeking a strategic, collaborative, and inclusive leader to serve as the next Vice Provost for Academic Personnel.
The Vice Provost of Academic Personnel (VPAP) ensures the continued excellence of UW’s faculty—and of its entire academic staff—so that UW can fulfill its core missions: the education of a diverse student body to become responsible global citizens, the pursuit of new knowledge, the discovery of timely solutions to the world’s most complex problems, and the enrichment of the lives of people throughout our community, state and the world.
Advisory Search Committee
- Nancy Allbritton, Dean, College of Engineering, Co-Chair
- Judy Howard, Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences, Co-Chair
- Kristin Esterberg, Chancellor, UW Bothell
- Alexes Harris, Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences
- Mindy Kornberg, Vice President, Human Resources
- Chris Laws, Teaching Professor, Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences, and Senate Committee on Planning & Budgeting Chair
- Susan Peterson, Associate Dean, Academic and Staff Human Resources, School of Medicine
- Hilaire Thompson, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Personnel and Professor, School of Nursing
Charge letter
Dear Colleagues:
Thank you for agreeing to serve on the advisory search committee to identify and recommend candidates for the position of Vice Provost for Academic Personnel. This search may involve both internal and external candidates. Nancy Allbritton, Dean, College of Engineering and Judy Howard, Professor Emerita, College of Arts and Sciences, will co-chair the committee. We are fortunate to have such a superb committee.
Our goal is to have a new vice provost in place no later than January 2023. We seek a distinguished academic and a visionary leader for the Office of Academic Personnel who will work well with the entire UW community. We are greatly indebted to Vice Provost Cheryl Cameron for her remarkable vision, leadership and service as vice provost over the last 20 years. I am also grateful to Tanya Eadie for serving as interim vice provost as you carry out this search.
Enclosed is a copy of Executive Order 20 from the University of Washington Policy Directory, which sets forth the basic procedures for conducting a search for an administrator. The University has a strong commitment to diversity, which I ask you to consider seriously as you build a pool of eligible candidates. Please establish protocols for seeking opinions from members of the UW tri campus faculty and staff communities, including deans and administrators.
At the conclusion of the search, the President and I would like to receive from you the names of two to three highly qualified candidates.
I will attend a portion of your first committee meeting, to be scheduled soon, to discuss my priorities and expectations for the position and the search. At this meeting we will also seek your input on a draft position announcement. We are engaging a professional search firm to assist you in this search, which we will announce soon.
Thank you very much for accepting this important assignment.
Sincerely,
Mark A. Richards
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Professor, Earth and Space Sciences